Thursday, February 10, 2011

Interior Design Spacehacking: Chair Made of 8,000 Chopsticks Unfolds Into Sofa

By Maria Popova via BigThink.com
While this has nothing to do with renting or leasing art, I just think it's VERY cool!

The story:  Spacehacking is a common craft among urban dwellers who want to make the most out of their less-than-generous floor plans. From Japanese-born, German-based designer Yuya Ushida comes Sofa_XXXX – an ingenious chair that expands into a 3-person couch. Meticulously engineered and made of 8,000 custom-made wooden chopsticks of four different lengths, the couch took three months to build.


For more, visit: http://bigthink.com/ideas/26643 and see Maria's website at:  http://www.brainpickings.org/

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